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dc.contributor.authorEllingsen, Christian Lycke
dc.contributor.authorAlfsen, Glenny Cecilie
dc.contributor.authorEbbing, Marta
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Anne Gro
dc.contributor.authorSulo, Gerhard
dc.contributor.authorVollset, Stein Emil
dc.contributor.authorBraut, Geir Sverre
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-29T07:29:38Z
dc.date.available2022-09-29T07:29:38Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-07
dc.description.abstractBackground: Reliable statistics on the underlying cause of death are essential for monitoring the health in a population. When there is insufcient information to identify the true underlying cause of death, the death will be classifed using less informative codes, garbage codes. If many deaths are assigned a garbage code, the information value of the cause-of-death statistics is reduced. The aim of this study was to analyse the use of garbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry (NCoDR).<p> <p>Methods: Data from NCoDR on all deaths among Norwegian residents in the years 1996–2019 were used to describe the occurrence of garbage codes. We used logistic regression analyses to identify determinants for the use of garbage codes. Possible explanatory factors were year of death, sex, age of death, place of death and whether an autopsy was performed. <p>Results: A total of 29.0% (290,469/1,000,128) of the deaths were coded with a garbage code; 14.1% (140,804/1,000,128) with a major and 15.0% (149,665/1,000,128) with a minor garbage code. The fve most common major garbage codes overall were ICD-10 codes I50 (heart failure), R96 (sudden death), R54 (senility), X59 (exposure to unspecifed factor), and A41 (other sepsis). The most prevalent minor garbage codes were I64 (unspecifed stroke), J18 (unspecifed pneumonia), C80 (malignant neoplasm with unknown primary site), E14 (unspecifed diabetes mellitus), and I69 (sequelae of cerebrovascular disease). The most important determinants for the use of garbage codes were the age of the deceased (OR 17.4 for age≥90 vs age<1) and death outside hospital (OR 2.08 for unknown place of death vs hospital). <p>Conclusion: Over a 24-year period, garbage codes were used in 29.0% of all deaths. The most important determinants of a death to be assigned a garbage code were advanced age and place of death outside hospital. Knowledge of the national epidemiological situation, as well as the rules and guidelines for mortality coding, is essential for understanding the prevalence and distribution of garbage codes, in order to rely on vital statisticsen_US
dc.identifier.citationEllingsen, Alfsen, Ebbing, Pedersen, Sulo, Vollset, Braut. Garbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 1996-2019. BMC Public Health. 2022:1-15en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2055507
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12889-022-13693-w
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/26934
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.relation.journalBMC Public Health
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleGarbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 1996-2019en_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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